> > > > > > > > > Reading from the HDD is killing GUI performance on > > the iMac, it seems... > > > > > > > There's an (supposedly dangerously) hacked ata > > driver floating around > > hat makes this work OK. Please contact me off-line if > > you'd like a > > copy of it. The bug that covers this is: > > > > 5031379 Toshiba MK6021GAS falls back to pio on HP > > > Your offering Juergen Keil a dangerous closed driver on an open solaris list. > Now what's wrong with this picture? >
The ata driver in question is open: http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/uts/intel/io/dktp/controller/ata/ The source to the hacked driver however is another story. The developer who implemented it left the company (Sun) before putting it back. So it's not closed-source as much as it's lost-source. Also, the offer is open to anyone willing to risk their data to such a driver. The consequences of getting the arbitration on the single DMA buffer wrong aren't potential, but guaranteed massive unrecoverable data-corruption. So, do you want a copy? Keep in mind that YMMV. -jan _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
